The truth is that aspirational plans to protect nature will never be fulfilled unless we spend the money necessary to achieve workable aims. His association with Seán Ó Riada cemented a relationship which was central to the Celtic revival in the 1960s, and it laid a template for many others to follow. But, ever modest, Ó Sé stuck with his day job as a school principal in Cork City, and was very nearly as highly regarded as an educationalist as he ever was as a singer. Still, his recording of The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee, with Ó Riada and the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra, for the Louis Marcus film Rhapsody of a River, is still regarded as the definitive version. For many people, publicans included, this is palpable nonsense and simply another way of sustaining remarkable profit levels and shareholder satisfaction.

Source: Irish Examiner January 15, 2026 01:35 UTC